Tools Series: September 2010

Ongoing exploration in composition, combining the "shaped canvas" motif with narratival imagery. The next composition will be in the shape of a hand saw. I plan to print them on canvas, cut out the shape, and mount them on either steel or brass, showing a 1/2" to 1" metal border around each image/shape, depending on the size of the image; The larger the image, the wider the metal border.

Carpenter's Saw

Saw is the fourth tool in the series of odd-shaped paintings. It's 8 feet wide. My next shape may be a carpenter's Triangle or perhaps a ''T' Square.' The theme of people in boxes should remain the same.

On the studio wall.

Carpenter's Square

Magnum Desert Eagle

Draftsman's Triangle

Two versions.

Roman Hammer

Two versions.

Womb Ecosystem

An adaptation taken from my People in Boxes series of artworks

Medieval Helmet

An illusionistic 3D, Medieval-style helmet

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